Legal moves were taken to ensure money went to the organisations rather than the Treasury

A fraudster has paid back the cash she stole from two charities, a court has heard.

Lindsay MacCallum (pictured on the right, above) stole £86,000 from a charity set up in memory of her best friend's daughter.

She defrauded Rainbow Valley after launching it with Angela MacVicar (pictured on the left, above) and also embezzled £9,505 from her former employer, the Anthony Nolan Trust.

Falkirk Sheriff Court heard MacCallum had now fully reimbursed both charities.

This followed legal moves to make sure the cash went to the two affected charities, rather than the UK Treasury.

MacCallum, of Aberfoyle, near Stirling, who did not appear in court, was jailed last October for three years.

She had worked as a fundraising manager for the Anthony Nolan Trust from 1995 to 2012 before she left to set up Rainbow Valley with Angela MacVicar.

The foundation was launched in memory of her daughter, Johanna, who died from leukaemia in 2005.

Falkirk Sheriff Court had court previously heard that MacCallum had already paid back £25,000 of the stolen money.

At a court hearing last year, fears were raised that if a criminal confiscation order was granted, the remainder of the cash owed would have gone to the Treasury.

But instead a compensation order was put in place so any money would go back to the charities.

After the hearing Ms MacVicar told BBC Scotland News she had been put through "three years of hell" but was pleased to have the money back to help cancer patients.